The Battle rounds[edit]

The Battle rounds (episodes 7 to 10) comprised two 2-hour episodes and two 1-hour episodes each on October 14, 15, 21 and 22, 2013 with six battles in each episode. The coaches once again utilized mentors during this round and each has enlisted the help of the following: Adam Levine brought in OneRepublic's lead singer, Ryan Tedder; Cee Lo Green brought in Miguel; Christina Aguilera brought in Ed Sheeran; and finally, Blake Shelton brought in Cher.[28] Continuing with the format introduced in Season three, the coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach.[citation needed]

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Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts

Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockouts

^1 Episodes airing on Monday had a running time of two hours.^2 Episodes airing on Tuesday & Sunday had a running time of one hour.

Knockout rounds[edit]

This season, the steal ability has been carried over to the Knockouts, which allows the coach to take one losing artist from another coach.[29] There were 16 Knockout matchups in two 2-hour episodes and only 20 artists advanced on to the Live Shows.

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Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live Shows

Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Shows

Live shows[edit]

The live shows is the final phase of the competition. It consists of the playoffs, five weekly shows and the season finale.

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Artist was saved by the Public's votes

Artist was saved by his/her coach

Artist was saved by the Instant Save

Artist's iTunes vote multiplied by 5 (except The Finals) after his/her studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10

Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Live playoffs (November 4, 5, & 7)[edit]

Teams Blake and Adam performed in the Playoff round on November 4, with Teams Cee Lo and Christina following November 5. The results were revealed November 7, with two artists from each team eliminated. For this season, producers again modified iTunes voting during the show's live rounds: if a competitor's performance charts within the Top 10 of the iTunes "Top 200 Singles Chart" at the close of a specific episode's voting "window" (generally from the end of the episode to 10 AM Eastern time the following morning), it will be given an iTunes bonus that multiplies iTunes votes made in that voting window by five.[30]

James Wolpert of Team Adam was the only contestant to reach the top 10 chart on iTunes, with his version of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You", thus multiplying his votes by five. While Caroline Pennell's performance did eventually reach the iTunes top 10 on November 6, it did so only after the close of voting, missing out on this week's iTunes bonus.[31]

Week 2 (November 11 & 12)[edit]

The Top 12 performed on Monday, November 11, 2013 and received the results on Tuesday, November 12, 2013.[citation needed]

Another added interactive feature, the Instant Save, was introduced with the elimination episode this week, to be carried through live elimination episodes on November 19, November 26, and December 3. During the designated/announced five-minute voting window, Twitter users (with public accounts only) may vote to save one artist in each week's bottom three by tweeting the artist's voting keyword along with the show's designated hashtag. Viewers in the Eastern and Central time zones vote during the live broadcasts, while viewers in the Mountain and Pacific time zones are cued to vote to save artists on the show's official Twitter account during the live East coast broadcast.[33] For this week's voting, Matthew Schuler from Team Christina received the iTunes bonus multiplier for his performance of "Hallelujah," which peaked at #2 within the voting window. However, it later reached #1 after the Top 12 Recap show that aired before the Top 12 Results show. It remained in the iTunes Top 200 chart throughout the remainder of the season.[34]

Week 4 (November 25 & 26)[edit]

The Top 8 performed on Monday, November 25, with results following on Tuesday, November 26.

Though all of the top eight artists charted within the iTunes top 100, only Will Champlin's performance of "At Last," charting at number 9, received the top ten multiplier bonus for this week.[35] With the elimination of Caroline Pennell, Cee Lo Green no longer has any artists on his team.

Semifinals: Week 6 (December 9 & 10)[edit]

The Top 5 performed on Monday, December 9, 2013 with the results following on Tuesday, December 10. Three of the five artists charted within the iTunes top 10. Tessanne Chin (#1), Jacquie Lee (#7), and Will Champlin (#10) received the iTunes bonus multiplier for their respective chart positions at the close of voting, with Chin becoming the first contestant to achieve the top chart position at the end of an applicable voting window this season.[36] With the elimination of Cole Vosbury, Blake Shelton no longer has any artists on his team, thus breaking his three season winning streak. In the results show, the top three finalists from Season 4 (Danielle Bradbery, Michelle Chamuel, and The Swon Brothers) made an appearance along with Season 3 champion Cassadee Pope.

Finals: Week 7 (December 16 & 17)[edit]

The final performance show aired on Monday, December 16, 2013, with the winner declared on the following results show Tuesday, December 17. In this phase of the competition, the contestants performed a duet with their respective coaches, a solo song, and the song that they performed during the Blind Auditions phase.

Although five songs reached the iTunes Top 10 (Tessanne Chin at #1 and #3, Jacquie Lee at #9, and Will Champlin #8 and #10), no “iTunes Bonus” was implemented.[37]

^"The Voice Official Voting Rules, section 2.3". NBC.com. Retrieved 6 November 2013. If any of the artists' Eligible Songs from the live performances (airing beginning November 4, 2013) are in the top ten (10) of the iTunes "Top 200 Singles Chart" at the close of the episode's applicable Voting Period, that artist will receive an "iTunes Bonus," which multiplies the artist's iTunes Votes for that Eligible Song by five (5).